Renner Middle School eNews

March 5 - End of 3rd 9 Weeks

March 8 - 12 - SPRING BREAK

March 14 - Daylight Savings Time Begins (Spring Forward)

March 15 - 4th 9 Weeks Begins

March 15-19 - College Week

March 22 - Renner PTA Board & Membership Meetings

April 2-5 - School Holiday

Please monitor the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines for international travel as you are making spring break travel plans. The guidelines went into effect January 26, 2021, and will significantly impact the ability to return home and to school. Plano ISD will be following the guidelines regarding quarantine.

We realize some of our families have plans to travel over spring break, and we respectfully request that you please report your travel plans using this online form, with a separate entry for each impacted student.

This past weekend 196 projects from students in private and public schools across the North Texas Region competed in the virtual Dallas Regional Science and Engineering Fair. Students had a virtual interview with several judges throughout the weekend and competed against projects in 21 different categories. Renner sent 12 projects and we are proud to report that 5 placed and 2 received special awards!

Place by Category:

• In the category of Biomedical and Health Sciences, 3rd place: Adam Tahirkheli

• In the category of Chemistry, 3rd place: Rahul Mehta and Zaki Syed

• In the category of Embedded Systems, 1st place: Daniel Tauhert

• In the category of Plant Sciences, 3rd place: Raghav Gupta

• In the category of Sustainable Materials and Design, Honorable Mention: Bala Senthilkumar

Special Awards:

• WEAT/TAWWA Junior Division 1st place: Tanvi Nerurkar

• WEAT/TAWWA Junior Division 2nd place: Rahul Mehta and Zaki Syed

Due to Covid-19 the Texas State Science and Engineering Fair is a much smaller and more limited competition. This year, only students that placed 1st in their category will advance to the virtual state science fair. This means our very own Daniel Tauhert has advanced and will represent Renner at State!! His project, “Smart Handwashing System” was a covid inspired engineering project where he coded a system that will detect the presence of hands, dispense soap, and display a timer to help the washer know they have fully washed their hands for 20 full seconds. It’s quite impressive! Best of luck at state, Daniel!!

Join the 2021 North Texas Teen Book Festival March 5-6 with over 90 AMAZING young adult and middle grades authors! Authors include Alan Gratz, Jerry Craft, Jason Reynolds, Neal Shusterman, Angie Thomas, Soman Chainani, Jennifer Neilsen, Stuart Gibbs, and more.

All author panels will be available virtually on YouTube-for a schedule of presentations and how to access them go to http://www.northtexasteenbookfestival.com/panels

You and your kids do not want to miss this opportunity!

Katie Aycock

Librarian

Renner Middle School

Are you a 7th grader and interested in being an 8th grade cheerleader or mascot? Please Join the RMS Cheer google classroom with code wzbnjn6. Open the Cheer Packet assignment. Read through and complete it with your parent. DUE MARCH 19th 2021. If you have any questions, please email erica.allen@pisd.edu

Apply for Yearbook!

Check out the 2020-2021 Yearbook Staff’s top 10 reasons to join yearbook in our Google Slides. If you’re a snap-happy photographer, witty with words, or clever with digital designs, joining the Yearbook Staff is a great place to use those skills. Even if you’re not, but you’re want to learn, apply! We learn a TON together as we create an unforgettable, real-life publication. The application has several steps, so make sure you give yourself time to meet the deadline on Friday, March 5th!

Link to slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/15FCJ9xNgvgFVKmpdkCYZMEJYOl1d-SDRKuzl4Nt4mRE/edit#slide=id.p

Link to Application: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BDeHDV_Sh1W_jdMCSDtscWUxnyHhjJbBB7RphZqPfq8/copy

Ms. Conway

F 7th Grade ELA | Yearbook

F Renner MS, Room 818

8 michelle.conway@pisd.edu

Boys Mustang TRACK 2021

Tryouts: March 15- 26, 3:45- 4:30pm

**Gym doors open at 3:40pm

Boys interested in trying out for the 2021 track team please read through the documents below and fill out the google form once you have read ALL of the information:

-General Track Information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_1Q04TSUpUg657mCPOuHawCXZ25Nf5D-/view?usp=sharing

-Physical: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A6wv0cWiR2AQQauu-0yVxj8TFQLvRn0w/view?usp=sharing

Tryout Dates & Events:

Please complete the google form below to sign up for the events you would like to tryout for:

https://forms.gle/2XQ9RQrKzgHiFNEk8

-**Cross Country Tryout form will be posted later**

Monday, March 15th & 22nd

Time: 100’s & 200’s

Tuesday, March 16th & 23rd

Time: 800’s

Wednesday, March 17th & 24th

Time: 400’s

Thursday, March 18th & 25th

Time: 1600’s

Friday, March 19th & 26th

ALL FIELD EVENTS

Long jump

Triple jump

High jump

Shot

Discus

***School@Home students may participate in tryouts. Please arrange for them to have a ride to and from the Renner Middle School Gym for all the days of tryouts.

Any Questions regarding track can be sent to Coach O’Bryant (doug.obryant@pisd.edu) or Coach Barnes (demarkus.barnes@pisd.edu)

Lady Mustang TRACK 2021

Tryouts: March 15- 26, 7:15- 8:15am

**Gym doors open at 7:00am

HAPPY MON-YAY!!! Girls interested in trying out for the 2021 track team please read through the documents attached and fill out the google form once you have read ALL of the information:

Tryout Dates & Events:

Players, please complete the google form below to sign up for the events you would like to tryout for:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1RfBfF9YRA8Apy9VxIUXFAkkk-WxzgUR5EAIX4tKN_-A/edit

Monday, March 15th & 22nd

Time: 100’s & 200’s

Tuesday, March 16th & 23rd

Time: 800’s

Wednesday, March 17th & 24th

Time: 400’s

Thursday, March 18th & 25th

Time: 1600’s

Friday, March 19th & 26th

ALL FIELD EVENTS

Long jump

Triple jump

High jump

Shot

Discus

***School@Home students may participate in tryouts. Please arrange for them to have a ride to and from the Renner Middle School Gym for all the days of tryouts.

Attachments

Track Tryouts: PE & Advisory announcement

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eV7TyBMIgqR7GF4pDxMY_6IUijn_TfM6SXTBu7gaDmQ/edit

Track Tryout Form 2021

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1RfBfF9YRA8Apy9VxIUXFAkkk-WxzgUR5EAIX4tKN_-A/edit

2021 Track Meet Schedule

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mh000GR7hx9I6lbihsGOCLxX54wKECzSRAejxroviGs/edit

No one can sign-up online on the day of the drive, however we do accept walk-ins!

Tom Muehlenbeck Recreation Center

5801 W Parker Rd
Carter BloodCare Bus
Plano, TX 75093

Open to the public for Renner Middle School staff and parents!

All Donors Please give our staff this Sponsor # 108817

Each day from 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

Goal is 80 Donors a Day!

Monday, March 29, 2021 ß Click here to make an appointment

Tuesday, March 30, 2021 ß Click here to make an appointment

Wednesday, March 31, 2021 ß Click here to make an appointment

Chauncey Deller - chaunceyd@plano.gov

Volunteer Drive Coordinator at Tom Muehlenbeck Rec. Ctr.

Sara Andrade – sara.andrade@pisd.edu

Volunteer Drive Coordinator at Renner Middle School

Please use the link below to view the Special Edition newsletter from Shepton High School with information for our current 8th graders who will be moving up to Shepton next year.

Shepton 8th Grade Parent Info - https://www.smore.com/qgc41

Mustang Parents-

With regards to following COVID-19 protocols, we have been running into the following situations here at Renner that we need your help with:

1. IF your Renner student tests positive, the student cannot come to school. Please notify Mrs. Engelking & Nurse Brandi immediately regarding the positive test.

2. IF a family member in your household tests positive, your PISD students must immediately quarantine at home. Please notify Mrs. Engelking & Nurse Brandi immediately regarding the need to quarantine.

3. IF a family member in your household is awaiting test results, your PISD students must stay home until a negative result is received. Please notify your child’s teachers that your student will be learning from home until a negative result is received. If the family member tests positive, please notify Mrs. Engelking & Nurse Brandi immediately.

4. IF your PISD student is awaiting their own test results, the student (and all other PISD students in the household) must stay home until a negative result is received. Please notify your child’s teachers that your student will be learning from home until a negative result is received. Please notify Mrs. Engelking & Nurse Brandi immediately regarding a positive test.

5. IF your student comes into close contact with someone outside of your household who has tested positive, the student must quarantine at home for 14 days. Please notify your child’s teachers, Mrs. Engelking, & Nurse Brandi regarding the need to quarantine.

With our co-seated instruction, students who test positive or must quarantine can learn from home without interruption to instruction; we must follow these protocols in order to help stop the spread of COVID-19.

Brandi Shrier (School Nurse): brandi.shrier@pisd.edu

Jill Engelking (Principal): jill.engelking@pisd.edu

Thank you so much,

Jill Engelking, Principal

Padres de Renner-

Con respecto al seguimiento de los protocolos COVID-19, nos hemos encontrado con las siguientes situaciones aquí en Renner con las que necesitamos su ayuda:

1. Si su estudiante de Renner da positivo, el estudiante no puede venir a la escuela. Por favor notifique a la Sra. Engelking y la Enfermera Brandi inmediatamente sobre la prueba positiva.

2. Si un miembro de la familia en su hogar da positivo, sus estudiantes de PISD deben ponerse en cuarentena inmediatamente en casa. Notifique de inmediato a la Sra. Engelking y la enfermera Brandi sobre la necesidad de poner en cuarentena.

3. Si un miembro de la familia de su hogar está esperando los resultados de la prueba, sus estudiantes de PISD deben quedarse en casa hasta que se reciba un resultado negativo. Notifique a los maestros de su hijo que su hijo aprenderá desde casa hasta que se reciba un resultado negativo. Si el miembro de la familia da positivo, notifique a la Sra. Engelking y la Enfermera Brandi de inmediato.

4. Si su estudiante de PISD está esperando sus propios resultados de prueba, el estudiante (y todos los demás estudiantes de PISD en el hogar) deben quedarse en casa hasta que se reciba un resultado negativo. Notifique a los maestros de su hijo que su hijo aprenderá desde casa hasta que se reciba un resultado negativo. Por favor notifique a la Sra. Engelking y la Enfermera Brandi de inmediato con respecto a una prueba positiva.

5. Si su estudiante entra en contacto cercano con alguien fuera de su hogar que ha dado positivo, el estudiante debe estar en cuarentena en casa por 14 días. Notifique a los maestros de su hijo, la Sra. Engelking y la Enfermera Brandi sobre la necesidad de la cuarentena.

Con nuestra instrucción compartida, los estudiantes que dan positivo o deben estar en cuarentena pueden aprender desde casa sin interrumpir la instrucción; debemos seguir estas reglas para ayudar a detener la propagación de COVID-19.

Brandi Shrier (enfermera de la escuela): brandi.shrier@pisd.edu

Jill Engelking (Directora): jill.engelking@pisd.edu

Muchas gracias,

Jill Engelking, Directora

Parents, please remember that we are following guidelines to minimize contact at this time. In the interest of following those guidelines, we ask that you please only bring items your student has forgotten that are necessary for them to have during the school day. These items include:

• Forgotten lunches from home (please remember that cafeteria lunches are offered at no cost through December)
• Medication
• Water bottles

Please make sure your student’s name and grade are listed on any items dropped off.

At this time:

• We are NOT accepting fast food lunches for students.
• The only drink allowed in classrooms is water. If a student would like to drink something other than water in the morning before class, they may go to the cafeteria.
• If you are picking your student up from school for an appointment, please call (469) 752-5805 to let us know the approximate time you will arrive to get your student. This will allow us to call your student from class and make sure they are ready when you get here. Also, please have your driver’s license ready to show our staff.
• We also ask that you please wear a mask when you stop by school to drop items off for your student, pick them up from the nurse’s office or for an appointment.

With everyone following these procedures, we can ensure a safe environment for our staff and students.

To learn more about our Student Curricular & Non-Curricular Clubs available for the 2020-2021 school year, visit our website at https://www.pisd.edu/domain/2554

Parents-

Please read the following information carefully if you or your student(s) plan to attend athletic events. Remember that rides home for student spectators should be arranged in advance and should be timely in their arrival to pick up students when the game is over.

Tickets

• Tickets will be sold on a week-by-week basis
• Ticket sales will open up to the General Public on Monday at 8:00am for all games occurring for the current week
• Tickets are required for school-age children kindergarten through 12th grade
• Ticket prices: Adult-$4, Student $2
• A maximum of 2 tickets can be purchased per transaction
• All ticket sales will be online

○ No cash transactions will be available

○ If available, tickets can be purchased on a mobile device by using the QR code at the gate

• You will purchase your tickets on the home team event site
• There will be no passes accepted at the gate

Tickets can be purchased at https://www.pisd.edu/Page/23044

Spectators

• All spectators must wear a face covering in order to enter.
• All spectators must complete the COVID-10 self-screening

• The PISD bag policy will be in place.

• Social distancing is expected in all areas of the stadium including the student section
• Congregating in the concourse area or walkways will not be allowed.
• At the conclusion of the B-Team game, spectators and participants will be asked to exit out of the designated doors. The A-Team spectators will then be released to enter the gym.
• Tickets are available online only
• Rides should be arranged in advance for transportation home in a timely manner

All meets take place at Tom Kimbrough Stadium

Field events start at 4:30

To arrive on time, athletes will be taken out of class some time during 8th period

• The bus is available to ride to and from the meet, with the athletes being picked up from Renner after the meet is over
• If parents would like to drive their athlete to the track meet, they must arrive prior to 4:30
• If parents would like to pick up their athlete from the track meet, they are required to sign their athlete out and that athlete must be done with all events they are entered in.

The schedule is as follows (Be sure to pay attention to which grade is competing

each week):

• 8th Grade Track Meet 1-March 31st (Thursday)
• 7th Grade Track Meet 1- April 7th (Thursday)
• 8th Grade Track Meet 2- April 15th (Wednesday)
• 7th Grade Track Meet 2- April 22nd (Wednesday)

If your family is experiencing difficulty with home internet access, please contact our Campus Technology Assistant, Jonathan Loveday, at jonathan.loveday@pisd.edu.

Check out the Renner PTA website for important information about our school! From this website, you can purchase your membership, check out school supplies, and buy spirit wear. It's also a great place to find out about upcoming PTA opportunities to help out Renner Middle School.

Renner PTA Website: https://rennerpta.membershiptoolkit.com/

Jill Engelking, Principal

Website: www.pisd.edu/renner
Location: 5701 W Parker Rd, Plano, TX 75093
Phone: 469-752-5800